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What were the attacks on Ghostery? I seem to have missed them.
by tr4656 13y ago
What were the attacks on Ghostery? I seem to have missed them.
- webwanderings 13y agoGhostery was in news recently, there was also a big thread here on HN. Sorry, don't have links handy right now.
- Kylekramer 13y agoI imagine it has something to do with the fact Ghostery is owned by an advertising company. Not sure if that is this particular "attack", but a lot of people use it without understanding why it is made and it periodically gets widely reported to some backlash.
- pessimizer 13y agoThat they were/are being paid for sending analytics to ad companies. I actually don't mind, but it should be in red blinking 20 point script on the page where you download it. I can't find the news.ycombinator threads, though.
- DoubleMalt 13y agoIt is opt in. However they named it pretty inconspicuously ...
- jotaass 13y agoHere: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5897682 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5897682
- natch 13y agoThis: http://i.imgur.com/cocSwhF.png http://i.imgur.com/cocSwhF.png
- cbr 13y agoText version, at least until Adam says something more popular: http://www.reddit.com/user/dudethatsmeta?sort=top http://www.reddit.com/user/dudethatsmeta?sort=top